I gotta preface this by saying that I like pretty much every actor in Predator 2, and we all know how much I dig the character itself. But this has a lot going wrong in this movie. It pales in comparison to the original Predator movie which just kicks ass from start to finish. But in this far inferior sequel, it just feels wrong in every way. The first 3/4th's of the movie is nothing more than "Lethal Weapon" with a Predator thrown into the mix. It's not until the 3rd Act kicks in do I even begin to really get into the movie because it gives us some really cool reveals about Predator's in general from how long they have been around to some of their more specific trophies (T-Rex, Alien, etc...)

One thing that bugs me about this one is the ending and the manner that Harrigan (Danny Glover) kills the Predator is pretty outlandish and far fetched. I just can't buy that a Predator, who has been hunting him the entire movie, does battle against his own "Frisbee-blade" would suddenly forget that Harrigan has it in his hand and would just nonchalantly walk up to him and get gutted in the way that he does.

Even with all these things that are just wrong, I can still give this one 3 Stars. Mostly it's because of the 3rd Act and not the rest of the movie. I own this, but I can only recommend it as a Rent.

Like I said, I really like the cast that includes Danny Glover, Gary Busey, Bill Paxton, Ruben Blades, Marķa Conchita Alonso, Adam Baldwin and some tiny little guy name Kevin Peter Hall too. I liked that Steve Kahan also makes a little cameo in this one, rounding out 3 players from the Lethal Weapon series.

You give it a lot more credit than I have. I think Predator 2 is a classic example of the studio putting out a sequel regardless of anything that makes sense except cashing in.... On the coattails of the highly popular original.

The story is wrong. I mean all through a major city? The casting was a real head scratcher. An old detective that hobbles along really puts the cobash on a believable action movie. It was photographed well and the director did what he could with what he was given, but this was so far removed from the original, I felt the powers to be totally blew it. I never looked for a rehash, but wasn't expecting a total diversion like this. I've watched it once since the first time, hoping I was wrong. I was not.

One of those movies (like Alien 4) I completely ignore like it never happened.